Hey there...how's this cold rainy Spring going for you? One thing's for sure..when it's humid, paint sure doesn't dry as fast, and stays kind of tacky. But we are ALMOST finished painting, or I should say Frank is almost finished painting! He still has to do the stairwell, which is a huge job with high walls and ceilings, and we need a special ladder we're getting next week. But my red accent wall is so fab, and everyone likes it........the rain is also so good for the garden, and I love my garden of flowers so much. Not veggies, but flowers and flowering shrubs, and of course, a few pepper plants for the old man. My neighbors must think I'm nuts because I'm always walking around the yard and picking and cleaning and deadheading and leaning down to smell my flowers. Here are some pics of my garden, and my husband Frank's hot chili peppers that I make him cook outside on the grill. That's because the gas they emit when cooking is just about poisonous..you cough...eyes water...you know this if you've cooked hot peppers. He eats them on everything, and in fact carries them with him wherever we go...weddings, family functions, his work trips, vacations....(yes, he even took them to Europe) Our young Italian cousin gave him the name Frankie Peppers, and Samantha in our Promotions Department here at WOGL still calls him that.....You see, no one has a hot pepper that's hot enough for my Frankie. These pics on this page are of the peppers, and the fabulous Purina One dog Sandi, a view of a few flowering shrubs...astilbe, lily and hydrangea. They don't bloom as much in this area of my garden any more because the tress around have gotten so big it's becoming a shady garden, and not enough sun for the blooms! But it's still lovely...look at this Lily close up..magnificent! I so enjoy my garden, and as I've said, I've been planting for over 20 years, and my perennials are kicking butt the past several years..I hardly have to plant any annuals. Just for accents, and on the deck....but in the perennial department, something's always blooming, from April through July. In the ground, in containers. So I am proud, as the flowers are the fruits of my labors. So then I guess they're the flowers of my labors. Anyway, click where it says "click here to see my garden pictures" on the page here to see more of my flowers...and these latest are just from this last week or so.....it's bloomin' fantastic! See you Sunday at the Muscle Car Show, can't wait to meet you.....xo